[ARTS DECO-STYLE BOOKBOUNDINGS]. - Lot 206

[ARTS DECO-STYLE BOOKBOUNDINGS]. LOT of 9 volumes. LOT OF ART DECO BOOKBINDINGS, UCAD, including items of interest to collectors: -MAUGRAS, Gaston / CROZE-LEMERCIER, Pierre, Count of. Delphine de Sabran, Marquis de Custine. Paris, Librairie Plon, 1912. In-8, red morocco with period green ribbon, plain spine, author and title in gold, mosaic-patterned green ribbons running along the spine, geometric decoration on the covers, gilt head (spine faded). - ROLLAND, Romain. *Clérambault: The Story of a Free Conscience During the War*. Paris, Société d'éditions littéraires et artistiques, Librairie P. Ollendorff, 1920. In-12, 377 pp., half-havana morocco with ribbons, plain spine, author and title in gold, gold and silver fillets on the covers and spine, gilt headband. - CACAN. REGNIER, Henri de. Paris, Société littéraire de France, 1922. In-8, orange-ochre morocco, smooth spine, author’s name and title in gold, gold and black fillet decoration on the covers, gilt head (spine faded). - MARDRUS. The Queen of Sheba. Paris, Librairie Charpentier et Fasquelle, 1918. In-12, lemon-colored half-morocco with corner pieces, blue basane covers, mosaic vignette in the center of the upper cover, endpapers and flyleaf of speckled paper (spine and corner pieces burnished, edges rubbed). -BONFILS. NERVAL, Gérard de. Sylvie. Paris, Société littéraire de France, 1919. In-4, red sheepskin-bound, smooth spine with author’s name and title in gold, mosaic decoration on the covers, cover and spine preserved, gilt head (spine worn and small areas of skin peeling). Copy No. 117, one of 250 on vellum from the Rives paper mills. With SOWSKIN BINDINGS: - LA FERRONNAYS, Lucie Gibert, Madame Ferron de. Memoirs of Madame de la Ferronnays. Fourth edition. Paris, Librairie Paul Ollendorff, 1899. In-8, pigskin with mosaic decoration, ribbed spine, black title, inner covers framed with black fillet, gilt edges (pages oxidized). - JOU. GOURMONT, Remy de. *La Petite ville*. Paris, Société littéraire de France, 1916. 8vo, pigskin, title label centered on the upper cover (spine and cover edges faded). Also included: - BEDIER, Joseph. *La Chanson de Rolland*. Paris, H. Piazza, 1922. 12mo, period orange-red morocco, spine with 5 faux raised bands, title and date gilt, compartments decorated with gilt foliage on the compartments and corners of the covers, inner covers framed by three gilt fillets with two fleurons at the corners (spine worn, small scuffs on the raised bands, clamps, and edges). NIELSEN. PILON, Edmond. *East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Ancient Tales of the North*. Paris, H. Piazza, 1919. In-4, IX–125 pp., pl., contemporary full green morocco binding, spine with 3 raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised raised Provenance: from the library of Pierre Séjourné. Pierre Séjourné (1930–1993), a Parisian bookseller and bookbinding enthusiast, flutist, and lover of literature and classical music, frequented both the Parisian artistic and literary circles and the world of the Decorative Arts and its schools through his uncle, the architect and academician Albert Laprade. Also an author and actor, he devoted himself to writing and performing his own plays, which were staged primarily in the Paris region.